Got it done opening day.

[oneleggedjosh]

At first light, I had birds gobblin all around me. A monster came in to the set-up at 7:00 and wouldnt come any closer than 60 yards. He strutted back and forth until I scared him off somehow.
I waited till 7:20 before calling again, and 4 strutting jakes came in gun range gobblin their fool heads off.
I dropped the closest one 30 yards from the blind. Two flew off, but one decided to stick around the dead bird for a photo opportunity.
It was a good morning in Lorain County, now I've got a bird to clean.

Dead bird is on the left in the background.


Here he is in all his Jake glory...5.5" beard, 5/8" spurs.



Thanks for looking!

[Catfishrollo]

Yes you did! Congrats man! Great photos also!!! rollo

[katfish]

Ya done good!

The turkeys here must have read the regulations and known
the opener was here. Even with the flooding crowding
birds uphill I didn't see any.

Last week they teased me though.

[Seanstone]

Nice bird congratulations.

It's funny you mention that, because this weekend while we were mushroom hunting we flushed dozens of them out of the tree tops. We even had a turkey in one of our cow fields, which is a rare occasion. I have never seen them so thick.

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[Smoothkip]

Good bird Josh. Congrats! Nice getting that bird out of the way early before the ground foilage gets so thick!

[newfisherman]

Congrats on a nice bird

[papaw714]

Congrats Josh, that's a great bird and awesome pics.